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Seize the Day is a suspenseful story of considerable scope. Harris a prize winning novelist writes with nostalgia of his youth, of pride in his army service in Japan and with exhilaration about the pursuit of the defeated North Korean Army late in 1950. Wounded that year Harris returned to Australia, later studied Chinese and was posted back to Korea in 1953 and placed in charge of a group of line- crossing South Koreans. On his discharge Harris joined ASIO; he discusses the Petrov defection and...
| Автор | A M (Jack) Harris |
Manfred Jurgensen was born between Denmark and Germany in the coastal border town of Flensburg in 1940, a 'midnight child'. He has always been sensitive to boundaries and what's beyond the borders, emotionally and physically. He has chosen to reveal his life history – to a very large extent dominated by World War II and its aftermath – in a highly original and unusual form.<br /> <br />The protagonist and his lifetime experiences are wrapped within a semi-fictional...
| Автор | Manfred Jurgensen |
Tully's great-great uncle Michael was hanged for murder more than a century ago. According to family lore, he was attacked in a pub – accused by his attacker because as an Irish immigrant he was taking work from locals. At a time when anti-Irish prejudice was rampant during an economic depression, he never stood a chance of justice.<br /> <br />The bare bones of the story are more or less 'true' but have been fleshed out using the author's imagination....
| Автор | John Tully |
A continuation of the author’s previous book on the subject, Why Not: Fifteen Reasons to Live . A novelist who trained in philosophy at university, Robertson draws on both disciplines. How to Die combines a survey of Western literature’s most compelling works on the subject of death with a memoir-driven argument for a mindful relationship with mortality. The recent development of the “Death Café” phenomenon—essentially 21st century salons that meet “to increase awareness of death to help...
| Автор | Ray Robertson |
As a child, Alan and his family immigrated to Australia in the early 1960s. Like many British newcomers, they moved from suburb to suburb chasing employment. From the Migrant Hostel at East Hills through Sydney's Western Suburbs they finally settled in one of the toughest neighbourhoods of all…the Housing Commission settlement of Green Valley. It's there he finds mischief and music, joins his first band and eventually follows the pathway to the NSW Fire Brigades. 24 Years...
| Автор | Alan Bruce |
Born into the cruel and unforgiving streets of the Cornton. Young Ryan overcame adversity, overcame the slums, overcame the norm and overcame life. In this book, Reynolds reveals how he leaped over all obstacles. How he scrapped for survival, how he destroyed legends and smashed records, how he outwitted all people and how, when he stood face to face with god, he told him «I believe you are in my seat.» So don't go anywhere, because like all men of myth and legend, Reynolds strives...
| Автор | Ryan Reynolds |
From the #1 True Crime podcast, 'A Perfect Storm'. The Dingo Took Over My Life is a true story, told by the Chamberlain's lawyer, Stuart Tipple, who led their fight for justice and exoneration. This story has become part of the fabric of Australian Culture and is still its high water mark of injustice. After raising the cry, «The dingo's got my baby!», Lindy Chamberlain was imprisoned for life with hard labour and had her baby, born in prison, taken from her. Following the...
| Автор | Stuart Tipple |
It was as if in my beginning, in my moment of birth, God said, “Let there be light!” And to my astonishment, there was light. It was the light of the world, the light of my discovery of the Old World. And then, no doubt, like all other babies newly born to the world, I cried. For this fact I have the authority of Lear, who says, “When we are born, we cry that we are come/ To this great stage of fools.” When I was born, I was no doubt aware of people moving around me. At least, I became aware of...
| Автор | Peter Milward |
Mitzi MacBain was diagnosed with Adult ADHD-Hyperactive/Impulsive Type at age 49. All of her adult life she was plagued with issues that she assumed were connected to her childhood. She had chronic issues of overeating, overspending, ruminating about her childhood, lashing out at people, cycles of rage, constant need to keep moving, chronic sleep deprivation, no ability to plan for the future, and always acting on impulse. She was plagued with chronic fear and anxiety at her core. No matter...
| Автор | Mitzi MacBain |
At 23, Scott Harris had a dream job, great friends and a passion for the outdoors. Then one sunny day in November 2008, everything came to a crashing halt: his 450cc dirt bike slammed into his buddy's in a head-on collision that nearly killed them both. Fifteen days in an induced coma, a complete facial reconstruction and countless surgeries were followed by years of intensive rehabilitation. With exhausting mental and physical effort, Scott learned how to walk, talk and think again. He...
| Автор | Scott B Harris |
Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, a talented writer, mixed with the leading figures of the literary scene in Georgian London; as an artist he exhibited at the Royal Academy, but he was also a profligate dandy and swindler. For 150 years he has also been damned as a murderer who poisoned three of his relations to pay his debts. New research has uncovered quite a different story about his extraordinary life.
| Автор | John Price Williams |
During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Chinggis Khan and his heirs established the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world, extending from Korea to Hungary and from Iraq, Tibet, and Burma to Siberia. Ruling over roughly two thirds of the Old World, the Mongol Empire enabled people, ideas, and objects to traverse immense geographical and cultural boundaries. <I>Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia</I> reveals the individual stories of three key groups of...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
"Meesleurend, hartseer en snaaks … vol vonkel." – Marita van der Vyver Toe die bekende ontwerper Lanie van Reenen al haar spaargeld en energie in 'n kasteel in Aubusson ingooi, het haar vriende gewaarsku dis onwys. Maar Lanie was besiel. Sy het haar Franse kasteel liefderyk herstel en die «beste boetiekhotel in die streek» geskep. Die opening val egter saam met persoonlike en internasionale tragedie: die wêreldwye finansiële krisis, en 'n ernstige ongeluk wat Lanie se...
| Автор | Lanie van Reenen |
NgoLwesithathu, umhla wokuqala kuOktobha 2003, ityendyana lomfana elalinxibe ibhatyana eluhlaza enkone ligazi lalilele kufutshane nebhulorho kaloliwe eGermiston, lisifa. Igazi lalo lalinkcenkceza ngokomjelo ukunqumla indlela, amathemba ephelile. Umzimba wawudlaka-dlaka ziimbumbulu – iimbumbulu ezintlanu umdubuli awazikhulula ekufutshane kakhulu kuye. Zazibumkarha iingqondo ngexesha lizama ukumisa izithuthi ezidlulayo, kodwa zange kubekho nasinye esaba nenceba. Zazidlula zonke zizizipheke-pheke,...
| Автор | Thembelani Ngenelwa |
“Oepse daisy” kon net sowel “O bliksem”, “O gits” of “O magtag” gewees het, maar miskien is dit tyd om Juanita du Plessis in plaas van Jack Parow te speel. So sê Johan Bakkes. Die maklik begaanbare weë hou vir Johan Bakkes geen aantrekkingskrag nie; nee, vir hom altyd maar die smalle weë wat met bloedsweet gepaardgaan. Dáár waar min ander dit nog gewaag het. Hier is oudergewoonte heerlike, avontuurlustige vertellings oor ver én naby reise, propvol humor, en nooit sonder deernis vir die medemens...
| Автор | C. Johan Bakkes |
Koos Kombuis se vorige outobiografie, Seks & Drugs & Boeremusiek, was pretensieloos, eerlik, skreeusnaaks én hartroerend. Hierdie is sy Voëlvry-memoir en hy skryf met dieselfde rou eerlikheid en selfspot oor sy herinneringe van daardie tyd. Hy bely daar is dinge wat hy lank probeer ontken het, daarom kon hy nou eers daaroor skryf. En al is hierdie sy persoonlike blik op die mense en gebeure rondom die Voëlvry-toer, beskryf dit terselfdertyd ’n belangrike deel van die onlangse Afrikaanse...
| Автор | Koos Kombuis |
As a young girl Charlize Theron saw Darryl Hannah in Splash and she was convinced that she would make a better mermaid. Ever since, she has pursued her dream with single-minded obsession. Prize-winning author Chris Karsten traces Charlize’s meteoric rise from a smallholding in South Africa to the pantheon of stars. Personal interviews with friends and family in South Africa and extensive research flesh out the life and career of this remarkable woman. Judging from the first 33 years of her life...
| Автор | Chris Karsten |
Die waansin en wreedheid van geweld, maar veral die pyn van die slagoffers en hul naasbestaandes tref jou soos ’n krophou by die lees van die sesde titel in Chris Karsten se Ware Misdaad-reeks. Skrywer Pieter Pieterse was volksbesit toe hy al skrywende langs sy swembad oorval is. Goue seun van die Afrikaanse letterkunde Uys Krige se kleindogter, haar man, kinders en huishulp is eweneens genadeloos deur hul tuinier en ’n makker om die lewe gebring. Twee boosaardige jong motorkapers ontsien nie...
| Автор | Chris Karsten |
In reaction to popular demand, the topselling Stiletto is now available in English too. Karin Eloff was a good Afrikaans girl from a conservative religious background with an honours degree in psychology. Stiletto is the true story of how this model schoolgirl became Zoë – initially a stripper, then a dancer and masseuse in an escort agency and later editor of a pornographic magazine. Her path was littered with middle-aged men, Afrikaans girls with exotic stage names, risky as well as downright...
| Автор | Karin Eloff |
Johan Marais verlaat skool op ouderdom 16 om by die polisie aan te sluit. Wanneer hy in die tagtigerjare oorgeplaas word na die Oos-Randse Onluste-eenheid, is hy ’n geharde polisieman en sukkel hy reeds met ’n drankprobleem. Hy is ’n ooggetuie van verskeie voorvalle van polisiebrutaliteit. Hy ontken egter deurgans die uitwerking van al die trauma op sy persoonlike lewe.Later verlaat hy die polisie om sy eie skrootonderneming te begin, maar die simptome van post-traumatiese stres steek kop uit....
| Автор | Johan Marais |
Elita traces the life journey of Elizabeth «Elita» Lanaras and her quest for love. Along the way, she experiences some of the most dramatic events in South Africa's transition to democracy, and finally marries the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president who set Mandela free.The archetypal poor little rich girl, Elita was born to millionaire shipping magnates, but left to her own devices and a Swiss nanny before being sent off to a school she hated. Her mother, Nitza, insisted that she spoke...
| Автор | M Meiring |
Die hoogs private Elita de Klerk vertel hier vir die eerste keer haar volle verhaal. Ná ’n eensame jeug in die weelderige Kolonaki in Athene en in deftige kosskole, trou sy op jeugdige ouderdom met die aantreklike miljoenêr Tony Georgiades en neem haar intrek in die imposante Stud House in Londen. Maar steeds bly sy soekend. Sy vergesel haar man op talle sakereise wêreldwyd en word ma. Tog voel sy leeg. Die spoggerige hotelle en stralerjakkerlewe laat haar koud. Haar soektog bring haar na...
| Автор | M Meiring |
Karin Eloff is 'n boeremeisie met 'n honneursgraad in sielkunde en 'n Dopper-agtergrond. STILETTO vertel die ware verhaal van die pad wat dié kuis en voorbeeldige skooldogter gestap het om uiteindelik Zoë te word – eers as gewone stripper, toe as danseres en masseuse in die Streelkasteel en uiteindelik redakteur van 'n pornografiese tydskrif. Haar pad lê besaai met middeljarige mans, Afrikanermeisies met eksotiese Engelse verhoogname, gevaarlike seks en dwelms. STILETTO...
| Автор | Karin Eloff |
Die verhaal van hoogs geheime ontmoetings tussen verbanne ANC-leiers en 'n paar uitgesoekte Afrikaners in die onstuimige tagtigerjare, vir die eerste keer vertel deur iemand wat self daar was: Willie Esterhuyse. Dié vertroulike gesprekke in Engeland was nie net deurslaggewend in die begin van onderhandelinge en die uiteindelike oorgang nie; dit was ook die begin van 'n onwaarskynlike, maar durende, vriendskap tussen 'n Stellenbosse professor met 'n Broederbond-agtergrond en...
| Автор | Willie Esterhuyse |